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Crataeva religiosa Forst. f.
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|title = Varuna
|label1 = Section/Chapter
|data1 = Herb database/Varuna
|label2 = Botanical name(s)
|data2 = Crataeva religiosa Forst. f.
|label3 = Family
|data3 = Capparidaceae
|label4 = Availability
|data4 = Available
|label5 = Contributors
|data5 = --
|label6 = Year of publication 
|data6 =  2023
|label7 = Publisher 
|data7 =  [[Charak Samhita Research, Training and Skill Development Centre]]
|label8 = DOI 
|data8  = Awaited
}}

==English name==
Three leaved caper

==Therapeutic Uses==
Renal stone (ashmari), Dysuria (mutrakrichhra), Abdominal lump (gulma), Abscess (vidradhi)<ref>Anonymous. The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India. Department of Ayush, Ministry of Health and Family welfare, Govt. of India, New Delhi, Part I. 1986; Volume I:75.</ref>

==Other Varieties/ Other botanical names==
Crateva magna (Lour.) DC
Capparis magna Lour.
Crateva lophosperma Kurz
Triclanthera corymbosa Raf.


==Synonyms in Charak Samhita==
Varuna, Tikta saka (leaves of varuna are bitter in taste) 

==Synonyms in bhavprakasa nighantu==
Varana, kumaraka (leaves of varuna remain tender for many days)<ref>Prof. K.C.Chunekar, Bhavprakasha Nighantu, Reprint.2015, Chaukhambha vishvabharti, Vatadi Varga, verse no. 65, p.530.</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
== Ayurvedic pharmacological properties ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Properties
|'''Sr.no.''' 
|'''Pharmacological criteria'''
|'''Properties'''
|-
|1
|Taste  (rasa)
|Bitter (tikta), Astringent (kashaya)
|-
|2
|Potency  (veerya)
|Hot (ushna)
|-
|3
|Post  digestion effect (vipaka)
|Pungent (katu)
|-
|4
|Qualities  (guna)
|Light (laghu), Rough (ruksha)
|-
|5
|Actions  (karma)
|Pacify Kapha and Vata
|}

==Reference in Charak Samhita and its actions ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Herbs and their activities'''
|'''Sr.no.'''
|'''Reference in Charak Samhita'''
|'''Activity'''
|-
|1
|Cha.Sa.[[Sutra  Sthana]] 14/31
|Dravya for  Nadi Sweda(fomentation)
|-
|2
|Cha.Sa.[[Sharira Sthana]] 8/33
|Prajata stree  paricharya
|-
|3
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 3/267
|As an ingredient of Agurvadi taila
|-
|4
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 5/165
|Pathya Diet in Gulma(abdominal lump)
|-
|5
|Cha.Sa.[[Chikitsa Sthana]] 14/45
|Used in  swedana kriya(fomentation therapy)
|}

==Dose==
Kwatha – 20 – 30 gm<ref>Anonymous. The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India. Department of Ayush, Ministry of Health and Family welfare, Govt. of India, New Delhi, Part I. 1986; Volume I:75.</ref>

==Important formulations==
As per A.P.I.<ref>Anonymous. The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India. Department of Ayush, Ministry of Health and Family welfare, Govt. of India, New Delhi, Part I. 1986; Volume I:75.</ref>

* Varunadi kwatha churna

==Current availability ==
Available

* In India –
Commonly grows along riverbanks, marshy lands, and waterlodges areas in India.
States :- Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan (moist regions), Gujarat, Tamil nadu, karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Odisha, West bengal, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir
* Out of India –
Sri lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, China, Bangladesh, Nepal, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Oceania

==Current researches ==
[[Category: Database of herbs and minerals | Herbs]]
  This article is under development ..